Posts tagged "gabriel byrne"

There is a new Three Musketeers film planned for 2011. It will be released in 3D (isn’t everything these days?) and stars Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Ray Stevenson (HBO’s Rome), and Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds). Personally, I am excited to see it. It is my favorite book of all time and I grew up on tales of the Three Musketeers. It got me to thinking, though. Which is the best of the Three Musketeers movies? What were your favorites? Any movie with the characters in it is fair game. Let’s hear what you have to say! For the record, there have been 84 portrayals of the Three Musketeers on movies and television, to date. Read more…

How many times have you watched a movie and thought, “Wow! Imagine if there really was someone like that!” Well, as the saying (sort of) goes, “Art sometimes DOES imitate life.” Each of these fictional characters once really did live. The famous movies are based on their real lives. They may not be exact, but they had that special heroic value in their lives that made them worried of being turned into a story. Here are five fictional people who once really did live! Read more…

I love the movies. I grew up thinking that Hollywood made some of the best films ever made. Just think how upset I was when I found out that they were remakes of foreign films. Sometimes BETTER foreign films than the movies we were watching! These films were the cornerstone of my childhood, but it turns out they were just a remake. Now that I’ve grown up, I’ve had the opportunity to watch some of them in their original filming. You should check them out. You won’t be disappointed. Read more…